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superphosphate(dictionary)

mechanicalism (iou) and superphosphate (medicine)


mechanicalism (iou)



mechanicalism noun. L19.
[from MECHANICAL + -ISM.]
Philosophy. The doctrine that all natural phenomena are produced by mechanical forces; = MECHANISM 4. L19.
Machine-like procedure; routine. E20.
mechanicalist noun an adherent of the doctrine of mechanicalism L19.

superphosphate (medicine)


superphosphate
<chemistry> An acid phosphate.

<chemistry> Superphosphate of lime, a fertiliser obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, Ca3(PO4)2, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate Ca(H2PO4)2, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil.

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